Did a quick search of the thread, but didn't see anything, so sorry if this is answered elsewhere. I'm not a big music aficionado, usually only have it on for background ambiance while driving or mowing or at the gym. But I've come to notice that Iron Maiden has several war-related songs (apparently one of their guys is a big history/military buff). I've gotten "Paschendale", "The Trooper", and "Aces High" from Amazon, but was wondering if there was a comprehensive list somewhere that listed all of their war-related songs...most of the titles I've run across seem to be military-themed (except for "Number of the Beast", of course...unless that one's about Hitler). Anyhoo...does anyone know of a list, or if it was just a small handful of songs that fall into this category?

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Lets see, here is a list of "military/war" themed songs by Iron Maiden:

Name of Song (Military/War Topic or Theme)

Run to the Hill (Sioux Wars)
The Trooper (Charge of the Light Brigade)
Where Eagles Dare (Inspired by the Film)
Aces High (Battle of Britain)
Tailgunner (WW2 Bombing)
Run Silent, Run Deep (About Submarine Warfare)
Fortunes of War (About coming home from war and all the psychological problems)
The Edge of Darkness (based on Apocolypse Now)
The Aftermath (the price of war)
The Clansman (About the Scottish wars with Britain)
Como Estais Amigos (The Falklands War)

Thanks, Adler, I'll get started looking for those! Definitely NOT metal, but Johnny Horton did a lot of good Civil War ballads, and one or two WW2 or War of 1812 songs (off the top of my head): Battle of New Orleans, Sink the Bismark, Johnny Reb, etc. Good stuff.

A bit behind here, I am. I'm a big Maiden fan; seen them in concert in Glasgow at the Barrowlands many years ago. Bruce and drummer Nico McBrain are both pilots, although Bruce is the only one with an ATPL. He flies for Astraeus as a 757 captain. To add to your list of Maiden military songs - "The longest day" from their album A Matter of Life and Death is about D-Day - named after the movie of the same title, also on that album, "Brighter than a thousand suns" is about nuclear war.

On another bunch of musos with aviation connections; Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason used to both own a de Havilland Dove; Dave also owned Intrepid Aviation at North Weald. I'm not sure if he's sold his collection off.

Also by Iron Maiden - Invaders (I always presumed viking related); Megadeth have a number of songs nuclear war related, and The Beatles' 'Yellow submarine' I heard was about life after a nuclear war, the survivors having to live in submarines...